INTERPROVINCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5211, 19 March 1895, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Prsss Association.! I WELLINGTON, Mabch 19. j Tbere are seven hundred applications ; on hand from girls who want appoint- i merits in the telephone exchange. j Since the Government took over the j railways it has had a hundred applications j for employment. • j Four tenders have been received for the construction of the bridge over the ! Mataura, on the Seaward Bush line of railway, and one has been accepted at about £9000. j At the annual meeting of the Institute • of Surveyors, the report stated that thirty- ' seven names had been struck off the roll for non-payment of subscriptions, leay- ! ing two hundred and twenty-sis. The Hon G. F. Bichardson waa elected president. It was urged that the effort to obtain incorporation Bhould be continued, ; and also that the Institute should obtain the appointment of a Board o! Examiners r in order to make the qualifications similar j in all the colonies and bring about reciprocity in certificates. ■ i Roderick M'Kenzie, who escaped from j. ' Point Halswell, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. S The police are satisfied that they have secured some of the burglars in the recent . haul of vagrants, though the evidence is insufficient to prosecute on the major charge. j TIMARU, Makch 19. ! A statement wa3 made at the Hospital ; Board to-day that a patienb treated for a wounded leg had it injured while working i with the gaol gang at Ly ttelton a f ew days J before tis discharge on March 9, and the wound was nob attended to by the gsol doctor, who made light of it. On hi 3 ( discharge the man came to Timaru, his own district, and the doctor sent him at .once to the hospital. The Government will be asked to pay hia hospital expenses. DUNEDIN, Makch 19. Emily Shea, whose husband stands committed for trial for stabbing, is Buing for a judicial separation. The twenty - seventh session of the Grand Lodge of Oddfellows began to-day. The proceedings were commenced with the presentation of an address by the Dunedin district to G.M. Burohell and the officers of Grand Lodge. Bros Crichton (Wellington) and' Aitken . (Invercargill) were appointed Pre3s secretaries. [FBOM OVa SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.! WELLINGTON, March 19. The Government has decided to hold a further enquiry (into the fire atthe Auokland Asylum, and hag appointed Mr Northcroft 1 , the Auckland S.M. to conduot it. This will give the superintendent of the Auckland fire trigade an opportunity to clear himaelf from the imputation of badjudg. ment. The enquiry will also throw light on the rule to be followed when two or more ' fireß in different localities occur Bimul 1 taneoußly, and will probably deal with the necessity for an independent water aupplj > for the Government buildings,